The Bristol-based corporate finance team at South West law firm Ashfords has advised on a £5m US investment into a company harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to help small and medium-sized businesses with their cashflow. London-based Fluidly received the funding from New York-based venture capital firm Nyca Partners in a...
Bristol’s highly talented workforce and its unparalleled collaborative approach mean it is well positioned to become one of the world’s leading centres for innovation, according to a major study published this week. The Bristol city-region, which includes Bath, is already among the UK’s most exciting innovation clusters based on...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its real estate sector team in Bristol with seven new appointments. Managing associate Lorrae Hendry and three new associates – Mary Waters, Joanna Gannon and Martin Bailey – have joined WBD’s Temple Quay office while Kate Higgins, Tomas Griffiths and...
A spate of deals in the tech sector has helped South West law firm Ashfords improve its ranking in a global league table of the most active in venture capital and private equity-backed transactions. The firm has moved up from fourth to third in Europe in the latest quarterly...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King is to sponsor the Bristol Flyers Women’s basketball team as it aims to establish itself as a leading force in the sport. For Meade King, which will be the main kit sponsor, the move is part of its drive to support women’s and...
Bristol’s most competitive businesses are being urged to bring their rivalry to the table and take part in the city’s first Ping Pong Fight Club. The popular Ping Pong Fight Club began four years ago as a stand-alone annual tournament in London. It is now spreading out across the...
The corporate team in the Bristol head office of national law firm TLT and accountancy group KPMG’s corporate finance team in the city have advised on a major and highly complex transaction in the industrial minerals market. The sale of Somerset-headquartered family business Francis Flower to Swedish state-owned LKAB...
Three more lateral hires from rival Bristol firms have joined regional law firm Ashfords’ office in the city as it continues its strong growth. Derek Moore joins the social housing team as a legal director from TLT, while Michael Duncan arrives from Womble Bond Dickinson to become a member...
The Bristol office of South West law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Mark Li as a legal director in its commercial property team – its second lateral hire from rival Womble Bond Dickinson in a month. Mark, pictured, spent more than 15 years at Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office,...
Cleantech experts at Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon’s have strengthened their lead role in Northern Ireland’s green energy market by advising on a facility for the team designing the world’s first zero-emissions automated catamaran. The site in Belfast Harbour will provide a base for engineers at Artemis...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King has appointed experienced solicitor and former journalist Sharron Athay as its new compliance and risk manager. Sharron, pictured, joins Meade King from the Bristol office of Cardiff-based personal injury firm NewLaw Solicitors, where she was a technical development advisor and compliance auditor responsible...
Increasing competition, rather than Brexit, is the biggest challenge facing the West’s law firms, according to new research by accountancy group Smith & Williamson. Its 2018 Law Firm Survey, developed in association with The Lawyer, reveals that negotiating the competitive landscape remains the top priority as opposed to the UK’s impending exit from the EU. Some...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT is ramping up its transformation agenda with a Future Law initiative designed to drive change more rapidly in the way it delivers legal services and products to clients. The initiative will focus on developing new solutions to client challenges in areas such as...
